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Meredith said I needed to be more relaxed during all the photos, so here I am relaxing with funny hands and then petting Junior, with very wind blown hair. I have notes on the pattern to taper the bottom just a bit more when serging but I forgot this time. After the photos were taken, I went down and trimmed the front and back pattern piece to narrow the flare a bit. Now I won't forget!

I wore it to work on Monday with a black cardigan and I loved how it looked.

Let's talk the binding for a minute. One thing I do is cut the binding without a pattern piece and with my scissors. I look at the fabric and find the color I want to emphasize. In this case, the aqua. I measure my binding piece and cut it using the stripes as a guide to keep the binding straight. Then measure the length I need and cut that.

Jersey tends to curl and has a mind of its own, sometimes spray starch helps. This fabric was not behaving, so I used my serger and serged a narrow stitch with the two sides of the binding together.

A final tip when serging with stripe binding, I like to look at the left side of the presser foot, keeping the presser foot straight with a particular stripe.

That is how I get the stripe to look even, it does take some practice to watch the other side of the presser foot.

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I hope that helps and cutting the neck binding in a single layer following the stripes as a guide makes all the difference.

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Very timely tips for me - but a question if you don't mind . Are you able to catch the whole serged edge when you top stitch it down ? ThxGreat job - love the color combo . You are always so helpful with your tips & techniques .